Official source Data mirrored from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Open Payments · General Payments · as published 2026-01-23 View official record Methodology

Covered recipient · General Payments record

LAWRENCE J SAUBERMANN

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Gastroenterology

NPI
1740210939
CMS profile
305491
Location
ROCHESTER, NY

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$5,600.51

  • Reported across 42 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$1,769.57

13 records · 0 disputed

Financial relationships do not necessarily indicate an improper relationship; the data is open to interpretation.

How these totals are calculated
  • The total is the sum of the General Payments records CMS published for the labeled program year(s), exactly as published. Nothing is estimated, weighted, or combined across categories.
  • General Payments only. Research and Ownership/Investment are separate datasets and are never summed with these figures; amounts are kept separate per program year.
  • Featured-page threshold (a presentation gate, not a judgment): records>=3 OR total>=100 (all years).
  • Methodology & Data — sourcing, labeling, and limitations.

By nature of payment

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Travel and Lodging $1,421.64 6
Food and Beverage $347.93 7

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation $1,769.57 13

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $3,823.08 28
PY2019 $7.86 1
PY2024 $1,769.57 13

Payment records · PY2024 (13)

Sorted by paying entity, then date · as published by CMS

Program year 2024 20182019 Record-level detail is published for PY2024; earlier years are summarised in “By program year”.
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $186.03 03/14/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141553961 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $9.80 03/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141553965 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $620.26 03/14/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141554111 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $245.32 03/14/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141554121 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $140.00 03/14/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141554123 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $125.00 03/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141821801 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $50.00 03/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141553963 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $50.00 03/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141554113 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $30.08 03/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141554117 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $186.03 03/15/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141554119 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $35.00 03/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141821659 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $44.00 03/16/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141554115 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $48.05 03/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141821677 CMS

Source & provenance

Dataset
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
Publisher of source data
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
CMS publication date
2026-01-23
Program years on this page
2018, 2019, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018 , PY2019 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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